Tag Archives: novels

Wired recently reported that NASA has entered into an agreement with Tor publishing to create a line of science fiction books inspired by NASA. The goal, supposedly, is to encourage new generations to aspire to hard science careers. Says Nona Cheeks, the director … Continue reading →

io9 has a good post highlighting some of the more memorable character descriptions in speculative fiction, including one of my favorite books, Ender’s Game. Here’s a snippet from the article about EG: “Ender did not see Peter as the beautiful … Continue reading →

I’m sure everyone by now has heard of Groupon, the creative offspring of marketing and social networking. In a nutshell, a retailer submits the idea for a coupon, members (i.e. the “Group”) vote if it is a good idea or … Continue reading →